Why Engineered Tax Services?

Why use Engineered Tax Services for your Energy Certification?

Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) was enacted, ETS has been at the forefront of the energy accreditation and related tax benefits field. We speak regularly before national and regional energy groups and work closely with the IRS on evolving energy-related issues. We have been retained by some of the country’s leading CPA firms to provide services to their clients. In addition, we have worked directly with several Fortune 500 companies as well as some highly recognizable brands, including Google, IKEA, MSNBC, etc.Our technical expertise in energy accreditation is unmatched. We effectively marry the sciences of engineering and accounting through our utilization of exceptional tax and accounting professionals as well as licensed engineers. ETS engineering professionals have over 100 years of combined experience in energy modeling. The ETS engagement team includes multi-disciplinary professionals such as Professional Engineers (PE), LEED Accredited Professionals (AP), Certified Public Accountants (CPA) and architectural professionals. Our collaborative and proactive approach has made us the leading provider of energy tax services.Through strategic partnerships, we work in tandem with CPA firms, architectural firms, contractors and attorneys. We perform engineering-based specialty tax services for firms of all sizes around the country, resulting in considerable tax savings for their clients.Through a partnership with ETS, you’ll benefit from having professional, licensed engineers who possess the specific expertise to perform accurate, thorough and compliant engineering-based specialty tax services – with little or no capital investment to your firm.

Top Ten ETS Energy Advantages:

Our multi-disciplinary expertise and vast, specialized experience enable us to deliver unmatched quality and continuum of service

We understand the IRS technical issues involved in energy tax credits, including the benefit of donating the credits from public buildings to designers

Nationally sought, we have been asked to participate in local, regional and national conferences by making presentations to share our knowledge and expertise

We have LEED Accredited Professionals on staff

All of our reports are forensic, fully insured and provide audit defense

ETS is approved by NASBA and the USGBC to provide continuing professional education (CPE and CE) on energy topics

We are nationally published and recognized as experts

ETS is a member of ASHRAE and USGBC

We have been engaged by the Los Angeles Community College District to certify over 250 buildings to benefit the local stimulus

We have worked with Fortune 500 companies, Top 100-ranked accounting firms, national real estate firms, international architects, and many of the top lighting firms in the country

Hidden Treasures

Ask us about our Hidden Treasures program, an innovative assessment system designed to boost your profitability based on your real estate investments. Please ask us how we are helping CPA firms, attorneys, architects, contractors, real estate investors, property owners and tenants benefit from their real estate investments in such areas as:

Cost Segregation Studies

Historical Tax Credits

Historical Appraisals

New Market Tax Credits

EPAct Tax Deductions

Energy Audits

DEIRA Insurance

Abandonment Studies

Enterprise Zone Tax Credits

Research & Development Tax Credits

BrownField Tax Credits

Green Leasing

To learn more about how ETS is helping the world take advantage of valuable energy-based tax benefits or to request detailed information, please contact us at 800.236.6519.

Testimonials

(Our) Energy Tax Certification resulted in a $74,000 tax deduction, which meant about $20.000 actual cash back to us!

Jeffrey T. Wade, ADD Inc

You and your team did a tremendous job for us in terms of providing cost segregation and energy tax services. The tax benefits for us nationally were impressive, as were you services.

IKEA

I wanted to thank you for the cost segregation and energy tax work you have done for several of the firm’s clients. The results have been very favorable and have resulted in significant tax benefits. You have a very talented team, and I look forward to working with you more in the future.

Lewis B. Kevelson, CPA Partner Rachlin LLP

We worked with ETS for the first time in 2009. They performed an Energy Tax Certification for our firm that resulted in a $74,000 tax deduction, which meant about $20,000 actual cash back to us. The staff was knowledgeable and friendly and took the time to explain and guide us through the process. While inevitable bumps delayed the report by about a week, we anticipate working with ETS on more projects in the future. We highly recommend ETS and look forward to our enhanced profitability as a res…

Jeffrey T. Wade Principal | ADD Inc.

I would like to take the opportunity to offer a formal recommendation for Engineered Tax Services. As the CEO for The Fuoco Group, I have worked with Engineered Tax Services for approximately two years and feel that they are the best in the business in terms of providing cost segregation and energy tax services. They are a true partner that opened our eyes to how to bring significant tax benefits to our real estate clients while generating significant income for our firm through leveraging our c…

Fuoco Group, LLP

Bonavista Holdings, Inc. is a real estate holding company with approximately 1,000,000 square feet of commercial space located primarily in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Our firm engaged Engineered Tax Services to perform a cost segregation study on our behalf. I received a favorable result that exceeded all of my expectations. I found Mr. Gonzalez to be extremely competent, thorough, and knowledgeable of the subject matter. I had used other firms to do similar work previously, and none compa…

Bonavista Holdings, Inc.

Engineered Tax Services has been a very valuable engineering resource to our firm over the past decade. We find their firm the only licensed engineering firm to be uniquely qualified to handle the complex issues regarding cost segregation, 263a, 179D and repair and maintenance. We did our due diligence and the results speak for themselves as Engineered Tax Services is the dominant engineering resource to the CPA community.

Goldstein Schecter Kosh

CTA Architect Engineers, after thorough research, engaged Engineered Tax Services (ETS) for qualifying services under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (179D). The proficient and highly competent services provided by ETS met or exceeded our expectations, and those of our CPA, in each of the final reports. CTA has enlisted ETS’s services on several projects and will continue to use them for these 179D certifications.

AIA LEED-AP BD+C CTA Architect Engineers

The Cost Segregation Study was very effective in reducing the state taxes as well as federal tax liability.

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